Burlington (provincial electoral district)

Infobox Canada electoral district
name = Burlington
province = Ontario


caption = Burlington in relation to other Greater Toronto Area electoral districts
prov-status = active
prov-created = 1999
prov-abolished =
prov-election-first = 1999
prov-election-last = 2007
prov-rep = Joyce Savoline
prov-rep-link =
prov-rep-party = Progressive Conservative
prov-rep-party-link = Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
demo-census-date = 2006
demo-pop = 118310
demo-electors = 88385
demo-electors-date = 2007
demo-area = 79
demo-cd = Halton
demo-csd = Burlington

Burlington is a provincial electoral district in in Southwestern, Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

It was created in 1999 from parts of Burlington South, Halton Centre, and a small part of Oakville South.

When the riding was created, it included the city of Burlington east of a line following the Queen Elizabeth Way to Highway 403 to King Road and south of a line following Dundas Street to the 403 to Upper Middle Road to Walkers Line.

In 2007, the boundaries were altered so that the riding included all of Burlington south of a line following Dundas Street to Guelph Line to Upper Middle Road to Walker Line to the QEW.

Members of Provincial Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:

#Cam Jackson, Progressive Conservative (1999-2006)
#Joyce Savoline, Progressive Conservative (2007-present)

Election results

2007 general

Election box begin | title=Ontario general election, 2007
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Joyce Savoline
align="right"|21,517
align="right"|41.3
align="right"
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Marianne Meed Ward
align="right"|19,693
align="right"|37.8
align="right"
Cory Judson
align="right"|5,731
align="right"|11.0
align="right"
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Tim Wilson
align="right"|4,750
align="right"|9.1
align="right"|
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Mark Gamez
align="right"|395
align="right"|0.8
align="right"

2007 by-election

Following Cam Jackson's resignation to successfully run for mayor of Burlington, the riding was left with a vacant seat at Queen's Park. Consequently, a by-election was called by Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty on January 10, 2007, to be held on [Ontario provincial by-election, 2007|February 8, 2007. [http://www.yrng.com/yr/yr4/YR_News/TopStories/story/3837549p-4440724c.html] Joan Lougheed, who was defeated by Jackson for the mayor's post, was nominated as the Ontario Liberal Party candidate on January 4, 2007. [http://www.900chml.com/news/news_local.cfm?cat=7428654912&rem=55445&red=80165423aPBIny&wids=410&gi=1&gm=news_local.cfm] Former Halton Regional Chair Joyce Savoline became the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario candidate, after narrowly defeating former Miss Canada Blair Lancaster at their nomination meeting. [http://www.haltonsearch.com/hr/bp/story/3816352p-4414218c.html] On January 12, 2007, Brantford school teacher and community activist Cory Judson defeated former Halton District School Board trustee David Abbott for the Ontario New Democratic Party candidacy. [http://thespec.typepad.com/walter_mulkewich/2007/01/burlington_byel.html] On January 25, 2007, Frank de Jong was named the Ontario Green Party candidate.

{| class="wikitable"
- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"! colspan="6"|By-election, February 8, 2007
- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"! colspan="2" style="width: 200px"|Party! style="width: 170px"|Candidate! style="width: 40px"|Votes! style="width: 40px"|%! style="width: 40px"|+/-
-
style="width: 185px"| Progressive Conservative
Joyce Savoline
align=right|11,143
align=right|49.0%
align=right|+2.8%
-
style="width: 185px"| Liberal
Joan Lougheed
align=right|9,365
align=right|41.2%
align=right|-1.0%
-
style="width: 185px"|New Democrat
Cory Judson
align=right|1,310
align=right|5.8%
align=right|-1.4%
-
style="width: 185px"|Green
Frank de Jong
align=right|734
align=right|3.2%
align=right|+0.9%
-
style="width: 185px"|Freedom
Barry Spruce
align=right|106
align=right|0.5%
align=right|*
-
style="width: 185px"| Independent
John C. Turmel
align=right|90
align=right|0.4%
align=right|*

2003

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Progressive Conservative
Cam Jackson
align="right"|21,506
align="right"|46.15
align="right"
-
style="width: 130px" |Liberal
Mark Fuller
align="right"|19,654
align="right"|42.18
align="right"
-
New Democratic Party
David Laird
align="right"|3,832
align="right"|8.22
align="right"
-
Green
Julie Gordon
align="right"|1,086
align="right"|2.33
align="right"
-
Family Coalition
Vic Corvaro
align="right"|523
align="right"|1.12
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|46,601!align="right"|100!align="right"

1999

-
Progressive Conservative
Cam Jackson
align="right"|29,055
align="right"|62.74
align="right"
-
style="width: 130px" |Liberal
Linda Glover
align="right"|14,220
align="right"|30.71
align="right"
-
New Democratic Party
Danny Dunleavy
align="right"|2,167
align="right"|4.68
align="right"
-
Green
Bruce Smith
align="right"|432
align="right"|0.93
align="right"
-
Independent
Anne Marsden
align="right"|289
align="right"|0.62
align="right"
-
Natural Law
Regina Law
align="right"|144
align="right"|0.31
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|46,307!align="right"|100!align="right"